Ex-gang leader shot to death day after memoir is released

An ex-gang leader in Denmark died of gunshot wounds the day his memoir about leaving a life of crime went on sale. At least two shots were fired Monday at Nedim Yasar, 31, as he left the launch of his book “Roots.” The memoir chronicles how he Yasar quit the…

Five weeks remain in the NFL regular season and the playoff picture is beginning to take shape. Though the Patriots, Texans, Saints and Rams have strong holds on their divisions, there are some great races left to finish. The challenges some of those contenders face this week is the focus…

Qatar will leave OPEC next month in order to focus on gas production, the Gulf state’s new Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi announced Monday, denying the surprise move was a result of Doha’s bitter feud with oil-rich Saudi Arabia. Qatar has been a member of OPEC since 1961 and the decision…

Here’s the latest for Tuesday December 4th: stocks tumbled over fears a trade deal was faltering between the U.S. and China; Bush’s service dog visits his casket; Washington warns Russia it will suspend nuclear missile treaty if Russia doesn’t comply; NYPD shows off its new drones. (Dec. 4)

The head of Russian military intelligence, Igor Korobov, 62, died after his agency was accused of activities against the U.S. His predecessor also died at age 58 from unclear circumstances.(Image credit: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP)

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) stated he doesn’t want to run for president in 2020 and he isn’t sure that he is in the mental or physical shape to run. Tester said, “I love the legislative branch. I mean that. And we just…

Nancy Pelosi is running a fierce campaign to be elected speaker of the House of Representatives. The current minority leader of the House — and only woman to be speaker — has been in the political sphere for more than four decades. Pelosi, who started as a member of the…

PARIS (AP) — The feminist activist group Femen has claimed responsibility for topless protesters who disrupted U.S. President Donald Trump’s motorcade on its way to a ceremony commemorating the end of World War I.